BJJ news — Monday, May 18, 2026

Estadual da FJJRio tem domínio da Gracie Barra e títulos de Victor Honório e Nelson Raggio

Gracie Barra conquistou o Estadual da FJJRio – Foto: divulgação O Campeonato Estadual da FJJRio, realizado no último fim de semana na Arena Carioca 1, confirmou mais uma vez a força das principais equipes do cenário carioca. Repetindo o…

MMA Fighter Medet Zheenaliev Passes Away After Saving Four Girls From Drowning

Medet Zheenaliev has tragically passed away at the age of 30, after rescuing four teenage girls from drowning in Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. According to reports , Zheenaliev was spending time with friends at the lake when he noticed one…

2025 Tribute & Induction: Terry Davis, Outstanding American

The tribute speeches and induction ceremony for 2025 National Wrestling Hall of Fame Outstanding American inductee Terry Davis. Tribute speakers: Frank Gallardo and Josh DoBell. Tribune emcee: Tim Joh… Read more

2025 Tribute & Induction: Terry Davis, Outstanding American – Legends

The tribute speeches and induction ceremony for 2025 National Wrestling Hall of Fame Outstanding American inductee Terry Davis. Tribute speakers: Frank Gallardo and Josh DoBell. Tribune emcee: Tim Johnson. Induction ceremony emcee: Sandy…

Final X field set; Former NC State coach Guzzo passes; UWW lifts restriction on Russia, Belarus

Subscribe now World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Brackets (USA Bracketing) | Live Stream (FloWrestling) Elor and Kilty Pin To Women’s Freestyle Senior World Team Trials Titles - USA Wrestling LOUISVILLE, Ky. – 2024 Olympic champion…

“If You Try With Everything You Have, You Never Regret It”

There are athletes who leave behind medals and there are athletes who leave behind something far greater: emotion, honesty and inspiration. Julia Figueroa belongs firmly in the latter category. The Spanish judoka has announced her…

More Than a Dojo: A Community for the Future

In the southern part of Athens, within the Municipality of Elliniko–Argyroupoli, Danro Judo Academy has quietly built a model that demonstrates how judo can extend far beyond sport itself. Founded in 2011, the dojo has developed into a place where education, sustainability and…

Rijeka Steps into the Spotlight for Kata Europeans 2027

As the curtain slowly came down on the European Judo Championships Kata Sarajevo 2026, attention already began to shift towards the future. Inside the hall of Hotel Hills, the official flag handover ceremony marked the symbolic transition…

Anna Soloducha: “Everything Functioned Like a Precise Mechanism”

Behind us are two intense days of competition at the Millennium Team Cadet European Cup Bielsko-Biała 2026 . Nearly 800 athletes from 36 countries travelled to Poland, with the arena in Bielsko-Biała once again becoming a meeting point for…

Stop comparing yourself to others

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Building BJJ For The Next Generation

UFC BJJ Champion Mikey Musumeci addresses the critics calling him a "sellout" for signing an exclusive contract with UFC BJJ. Mikey reveals the deeper, unselfish reason behind his move: he's no longer competing for himself. Having already…

Heavyweight Grappler Finishes A GOGOPLATA | Kyle Myers vs Brad Pearson | 2026 Finishers MITB

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Creating Extreme Pressure from Side Control by Rory MacDonald

Rory MacDonald demonstrates Elbow Forearm pressure from side control in this BJJ Instructional video. https://bjjfanatics.com This sample clip is from the "Become A Minister Of Pain (Mean Jiu Jitsu) by Rory Macdonald" Jiu Jitsu…

Most everything I know about the John Wayne sweep

How fast does weight start mattering?

I've been doing BJJ for about 1.5 years and my friend 0.75 years. He's around 220 and I'm around 175. We are both athletic and about the same age. It's always been a challenging roll energy wise because of his…

Does BJJ water down the term “world champion” compared to sports like judo or wrestling?

I've been thinking about how BJJ organizations use the term "world champion," and I'm curious how others feel about it. In sports like judo or wrestling, reaching a World Championship usually requires going through a…

No Arm Guillotine

BJJ Kids Programs - How to beat the summer dip...

Summer can be a rough time for martial arts schools. So here are some ideas to minimize the summer dip. Summer camps -> Obvious answer. Summer camps can turn July / August into your highest grossing months. It’s not too…

Diaz Perry Fight

I’m certainly not a fighter but I’m curious what the group thinks about Nate being a 3rd Degree Black Belt but choosing to strike with Perry. I know we’re talking about Diaz and the Stockton Slap and whatever but if you…

Which college wrestling weight class is the hardest historically?

I wrestled 174 over ten years ago, but I’ve always believed 149 is the hardest weight class in college wrestling. One of my former teammates wrestled 125/133 and was highly successful and he believes 125 is the hardest…

Instructionals for Lapel Lasso Guard

Middle aged blue belt here, I'm at the point in my BJJ journey where I'm just like f--- it, I want to do that I like and I've chosen lapel guard, lapel lasso guard more specifically. Is there a good Youtube video or…

Brian glick Guard passing

How good is Brian glick guard passing series especially the close range passing one

Greco for BJJ

Just curious what the views here are on Greco for BJJ. From my perspective, I think Greco teaches some very good (no-gi focused) gripping from the more upright position we often find ourselves in. And if Greco is what…

Any advice on “game plans”?

Hi, I’m a white belt, 8 months on bjj, what I struggle the most is on purposes… I don’t always start a roll knowing where I want to go. Would be really grateful if someone could help me on showing how to “create”…

Give up on standup and become a guard puller?

I’ve been training jitz for about three years. I’m an OK blue belt. I’m currently 36 and this is my only martial arts experience. 0 wrestling, 0 judo. My gym is a respected MMA gym. The mentality is to stand up and into…

Thoughts on asking for a Shodan promotion?

I've been back and forth on this for a while and am wondering what you all here think. I don't practice Judo for belts/ranks, but it is an important goal to work towards and does carry meaning. Over the past year, I've…

For people who started BJJ with zero grappling background, how did you handle feeling overwhelmed by the experience and knowledge gap at first?

​ I started bjj about three months ago as a step out of my comfort zone and while it is intimidating, I do enjoy the training and rolling. Alot of times though I suffer with information overload and it is hard to…

What’s one grappling habit you had to unlearn before you actually started improving?

For me it was treating every scramble like I had to win it immediately. I used to explode out of everything, force bad positions, and burn energy trying to make something happen instead of staying calm and thinking a…

Open Mat? - Vancouver, BC - May 18

Hey guys, Is there an open Mat somewhere in the Vancouver BC area today? It is a Victoria Day holiday Monday (May 18 2026) Thanks in advance, I am visiting the area

Approach/mindset when rolling with new people?

Over the weekend I attended a seminar at my home gym that hosted a few visitors from outside gyms as well. At the end of the seminar, the mat was open for rolling and everyone from my gym that decided to roll paired up…

Why do people think NoGi is ‘more realistic’

It doesn’t make much sense to me that people say NoGi is more realistic when in reality if someone is wearing a jacket which is extremely common even in hot countries or even long sleeve clothing or looser clothing can…

Z guard, coyote and deep half?

Been playing a lot of half guard with a high knee shield in the gi lately, but I’ve started feeling a bit predictable. My main go-to attacks are usually entering into coyote half or deep half. I’ve been thinking about…

Police O-soto

Luta Livre & Daniel D‘Dane

Training Luta Livre under a D’Dane lineage — what’s your take? My school follows Daniel D’Dane’s curriculum, my coach is a direct student of his. A few questions for the community: • General thoughts on Luta Livre? •…

Who is this guy?

First time competing

Hey guys, I have my first BJJ (No gi) tournament in a month and a half. I have only been training for about 2/3 months now. I am a judo black belt, trained for about 12 years but haven’t trained for like 2 years. Im…

Gi art for charity - please help me connect

I do hand-embroidery on gis as a hobby. I don’t take any money for this - I just love putting beautiful, personal art on my BJJ friends. I’d like to contribute my work for charity. I’m trying to find a charity…

BJJ Black Belt William Tackett (Episode 415)

Alexander Karelin is a 3-time Olympic champion and a 9-time world champion. He is also a 12-time European champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

overweight 19 year old wanting to start grappling

19, 90kg, lost 10kg in the past few months still alot to go but we’ll get there soon ive been doing striking on and off since i was about 14, no grappling experience except a few wrestling classes but i wanna go more…

What equipment can I use to protect my toes from bruising?

I have gout so both of my big toes and ankles are really sensitive. They get inflamed, bruised, and sore really easily. After one training session, both my toes are bruised and it hurts to walk the next day. Is tape the…

HanpanTV clinic in DC area July 10-17th

Please go to https://www.martialartsforsocialgood.org/store/events/summer-training-camp To sign up

hi guys I've just started jiu-jitsu !!!!

I'm super beginner ! so I wonder what brands do you guys use?? and after class how do you guys practice ??

What defines a berimbolo?

Is a berimbolo specifically an entry from DLR to the wedge, or is it a broader category of rolling back takes? I’ve seen techniques like the samurai roll, ninja roll, truck roll, and other rolling back takes all…

It’s quite humbling to seeing a kid half your age and weight being able to dominate you on the ground

just began training recently, everyday is another day of removing ego and focusing on simply focusing on my path

r/bjj Fundamentals Class!

image courtesy of the amazing /u/tommy-b-goode Welcome to r/bjj 's Fundamentals Class ! This is is an open forum for anyone to ask any question no matter how simple. Questions and topics like: Am I ready to start bjj?…

Monday Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

The Strength and Conditioning megathread is an open forum for anyone to ask any question, no matter how simple, about general strength and conditioning as it relates to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Use this thread to: - Ask…

Josh McKinney shares a framework for self-coaching beyond getting belt promotions, and explains why submission count and belt color are the wrong yardsticks for measuring whether you're getting better. — BJJ Mental Models

Beginner

Idk if this is allowed so sorry if so. I'm 16 and I want to start Jiu Jitsu. Does anybody have any good beginners tips. Like anything worth at least trying to learn

1st competition

This is my 1st competition I went 0-2 no submissions on me though a few escapes but no w. Yet I was trying to hit a move which was a sweep from deep half and attempted a knee bar. I think there is a more practical name…

What trainers/athletes have the best instructional videos?

I'm trying to expand my library

My First Ever Sports Writing Piece

From the Favelas to UFC Gold The doctor looked tense after seeing the reports in his hands. For a family already struggling with life, waiting for the doctor to finally speak felt terrifying. He was unsure how to…

Caros, tive uma ideia e quis construir pois acredito na força disso, um APP Mobile onde as pessoas fazem um cadastro e podem buscar outras pessoas para melhorar um dril, técnica.

A principal ideia é: - Cadastro do Atleta, faixa, peso, se prefere Gi ou NoGi; - A partir disso, o código realiza um match com pessoas dentro do aplicativo que tem um match compatível, assim, o aumento do networking,…

Classic!

I did not see this coming

BJJ in Seville Spain

Moving to Seville, Spain, for a bit. Just wanted to know if there are any great gyms or gyms to avoid so I dont waist anytime while searching, there. Thanks for any help.

Hit 4 fun submissions at Fuji today!